British business mogul Rikkard Ambrose has departed London to face his arch-rival in a deadly game of espionage and intrigue at the Royal Court of France, leaving his lady love behind to knit socks and twiddle her thumbs. Left behind alone? That is not something Lilly Linton is willing to put up with! Determined to show her boss who's boss, she embarks on her most dangerous adventure yet, armed with the most powerful weapon of all: love-and, just in case, her trusted revolver. The 5th volume of Robert Thier's award-winning Storm and Silence series.

**currently on hold because June is a busy month for me** _ [highest ranking is #31 in horror-thriller] [on hold for half of june] [participating in various contests] _ Everyone knows that after Sarah Winchester's husband's death, she built a home for the wandering spirits she thought haunted her. Not just any average home - a mansion with at least seven stories of secrets, a mansion so complex that the workers had to use a map to find their way around. To confuse the spirits, she built trap hallways, secret passage doors that leads to nothing but a concrete wall, stairs that lead to a certain death and miniature doorways. The town took her as a mad woman. When she died, her niece inherited all her values and one warning; don't step foot on the Winchester Mansion, which was believed lived many spirits in search for revenge. But that was fifty-three years ago. Sarah's niece had kids, then her kid's had kids and so forth. So when the descendant of Sarah's great-great niece and four others were dared to visit the place where her boss was murdered they find themselves in a dangerous refuge, hiding from a mass murderer, inside of a certain mansion in the middle of the woods. When they're too far in the mansion, they realize they can't escape the clutches of the four walls that seem to follow them everywhere. No power. No service. And one is guilty. _ [started: april 11th, 2018] [copyright © 2018, briela vedo] [all rights reserved]